Fred Carter has the fewest points per minute played in a game with 40+ points, with 0.69 against the Cavaliers on January 12, 1973.
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NBA who scored 40 or more pts in a regular-season game the fastest by points per minute| NAME | PTS/MIN | PTS | MIN | DATE | TM | OPP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | F. Carter | 0.69 | 40 | 58 | 1/12/1973 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 45.7 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 49.7 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  | D. Schayes | 0.69 | 41 | 59 | 1/17/1952 | vs | 25 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 85.2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 |  | K. Abdul-Jabbar | 0.7 | 42 | 60 | 1/29/1980 | @ | 17 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 35 | 51.4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 54.5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| 4 |  | B. McAdoo | 0.71 | 40 | 56 | 2/14/1978 | @ | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 50.8 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| 5 |  | A. Brooks | 0.72 | 43 | 59 | 1/13/2010 | vs | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 46.7 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 9 | 12 | 75.0 | 60.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +15 | ||
| 6 |  | D. Brown | 0.74 | 40 | 54 | 4/22/1994 | @ | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 69.9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 7 |  | B. Beal | 0.74 | 40 | 54 | 12/22/2018 | vs | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 59.0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | +6 | ||
| 8 |  | K. Bryant | 0.75 | 40 | 53 | 3/6/2007 | @ | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 11 | 13 | 84.6 | 56.0 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | -1 | ||
| 9 |  | W. Chamberlain | 0.75 | 40 | 53 | 3/16/1963 | @ | 17 | 4 | 16 | 38 | 42.1 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 10 |  | E. Baylor | 0.75 | 40 | 53 | 11/7/1959 | @ | 18 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 |  | D. Nowitzki | 0.76 | 40 | 53 | 4/16/2012 | @ | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 63.9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | +8 | ||
| 12 |  | K. Durant | 0.76 | 40 | 52 | 3/23/2012 | vs | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 68.8 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 4 | +2 | ||
| 13 |  | M. Mitchell | 0.77 | 43 | 56 | 3/20/1984 | vs | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 58.5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 14 |  | D. Ellis | 0.77 | 53 | 69 | 11/9/1989 | @ | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 39 | 46.2 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 57.0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 15 |  | S. Cassell | 0.77 | 40 | 52 | 3/3/2001 | vs | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 80.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | K. Bryant | 0.77 | 40 | 52 | 12/17/2000 | @ | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 59.1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | +1 | ||
| 17 |  | L. Sprewell | 0.77 | 40 | 52 | 12/16/1994 | vs | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 3 | 8 | 37.5 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 59.5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 18 |  | T. Hardaway | 0.77 | 40 | 52 | 1/18/1991 | @ | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 71.5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 19 |  | B. Knight | 0.77 | 40 | 52 | 1/25/1978 | @ | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 64.6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 20 |  | M. Jordan | 0.77 | 41 | 53 | 1/4/2003 | vs | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 65.5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | +15 | ||
| 21 |  | N. Archibald | 0.77 | 41 | 53 | 12/15/1972 | vs | 3 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 63.5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 22 |  | J. Havlicek | 0.77 | 41 | 53 | 11/18/1969 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 57.7 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 23 |  | C. Dierking | 0.77 | 41 | 53 | 3/19/1968 | @ | 11 | 2 | 17 | 36 | 47.2 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 51.9 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 24 |  | W. Bellamy | 0.77 | 41 | 53 | 3/5/1965 | vs | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 76.6 | ||||||||||||||
| 25 |  | D. Ohl | 0.77 | 41 | 53 | 3/8/1963 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 55.6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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